Design to fix sinks

ABSTRACT

An improved means to position and secure a sink which is flush mounted with the worktop. It is designed to be used with sinks of variable thickness and materials including stainless steel.

AIM OF THE INVENTION

[0001] This descriptive report deals with a request for a Utility Modelconcerning an improved design for the fitting of sinks, the end of whichlies in designing a medium capable of holding sinks, specifically,stainless steel sinks to be fitted flush with the worktop.

SCOPE OF THE INVENTION

[0002] This invention is be used in the industrial sector that deals inthe manufacturing of stainless steel sinks and similar.

HISTORY OF THE INVENTION

[0003] As is well know, sinks that are to be flush-fitted aim atachieving a complete integration of the sink in question with theworktop, given that the surfaces of both the sink and the worktop are atthe same level.

[0004] The applicant is familiar with some current media and designs forthe fixing of flush-fitting sinks by the means of silicone and adhesiveproducts that are applied at the bottom part of the perimeter of thesink, specifically at the bottom part of frame, which gives rise to thesink become housed in the staggering that is cut into the worktopsurface.

[0005] There is evidence to suggest that the aforementioned media, whichhave been used to date, have certain disadvantages that may give rise tothe moving of the sink itself, thus suggesting the convenience of usingan additional element to solidly hold and fix the sink to the worktop;one which acts from below.

[0006] Nevertheless, the applicant is not aware of the fact that thereis an invention which exists, and which possesses characteristicsideally suited to those mentioned above.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0007] The improved design for the fixing of the sinks put forward bythe invention contains a series of advantages which facilitate thefixing of the sinks whenever they are to be flush-fitted, enabling themto be fitted to worktops of varying degrees of thickness.

[0008] More specifically, the improved design to fix the sinks, whichare the object of the invention, consists in the fitting, to the bottompart of the sink frame, of a winged projection positioned parallel tothe bottom area of the frame, to which an oblong positioned U-shapedclamp is connected, from which a projecting hook emerges to which awinged projection screw emerging in the opposite direction, and which ispositioned on the bottom part of the worktop, is connected.

[0009] By means of the simple action of a screwdriver, the lower screwgradually rises, thus giving rise to a gradual movement which implies,on the one hand, that the element on the bottom part is increasinglyfixed to the under surface of the worktop, while, on the other hand, onthe top part the U-shaped winged projection pulls the sink downwardsvertically until achieving optimal fixing.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0010] As a compliment to this description, and with the aim in mind offacilitating a greater understanding of the characteristics of theinvention, accompanying this descriptive report, and forming an integralpart of the same, there is a sheet of drawings on which, for thepurposes of illustration, though not purporting to be comprehensive, thefollowing has been represented:

[0011]FIG. 1—This shows a raised side view of the object of theinvention, which is concerned with an improved design for the fixing ofsinks.

PREFERENTIAL REALIZATION OF THE INVENTION

[0012] With the aid of sole FIG. 1, it can be seen how the improveddesign for the fixing of sinks is made up of the fitting to the side ofthe sink (1) parallel to the frame of the sink (2) of a wingedprojection (3), made from the same material and forming a single-blockedbody with the frame (2) and the sink.

[0013] This winged projection (3) is positioned parallel to the frame(2) at its bottom part, and has an oblong part (5), which is U-shaped,connected to it, which implies that when this part is moved by means ofthe action of the lower screw (4) it is gradually pulled downwardsvertically, while the screw acts by moving itself vertically downwards,and pulling at the same time a winged projection (6) which is graduallyfixed to the underside of the workshop (10).

[0014] In this way, the duly flush-fitted sink, which, as can be seenfrom the figure is flush with the top surface of the worktop (10), isfixed at its bottom part by means of the action of the fixing element onthe winged design (3), which is the part that gives rise to the shiftingof the fixation element at the bottom.

1.- Improved design for the fixing of sinks, specifically with respectto those sinks that are to be fitted to a worktop (10), of varyingdegrees of thickness, and which is characterized by being made up of awinged projection (3) emerging from the side area of the sink (1),positioned parallel with the frame (2) at its bottom part, and forming asingle-blocked body with the sink (1) and the frame (2) at its bottompart, and forming a single-blocked body with the sink (1) and the frame(2), connecting on the winged projection (3), a pull element (5) whichhas an oblong U-shape at its top, fitting a screw (4) and a wingedprojection (6) going in the opposite direction at the upper part (5)which is positioned on the underside of the worktop (10).